Along with the tanbūr and sato, an instrument whose name ends with this syllable was repopularized by Turgʻun Alimatov and accompanies Central Asian bakhshi bards. A modern, double-bowl-shaped lute whose name is this syllable was popularized by Mīrzā Abdollāh and is the most common instrument in the Persian radīf repertoire. This Persian word for “string” is the second syllable in the name of an instrument invented by qawwālī (10[1])pioneer Amīr Khusrau, which has a dozen (*) sympathetic strings that set the mood of a rāg. That instrument ending with this syllable (-5[1])was popularized in the West by George Harrison on “Norwegian Wood” after (10[1])he met one of its masters at London’s Asian Music Circle. For 10 points, name this syllable that, when prefixed si-, names a Hindustani instrument played by Ravi Shankar. ■END■ (10[1])